David Cameron is launching his first major European tour since pledging to hold a referendum on the EU in a bid to win over his critics.
The Prime Minister will visit Spain, France and Germany as he tries to sell his idea of a more flexible Union.
He believes the EU has "overreached itself with directives and interventions and interferences" but European leaders remain sceptical about the need for reform.
Mr Cameron will meet Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy in Madrid later - before heading on to Paris for a working dinner with French president Francois Hollande.
He will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel later this week.
The Prime Minister is facing resistance from Ms Merkel and Mr Hollande over his vision for EU reforms.
But ahead of the talks he insisted it was "perfectly legitimate" for non-eurozone countries to make the case for treaty changes that suit them.
In interviews with five European newspapers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland, he asserted that reform was "not about cherry-picking" EU rules but rather "change that all of Europe can benefit from".
He warned that public support for the EU was "wafer-thin" in the UK and the matter could not simply be "brushed under the carpet".
The Prime Minister said the "best outcome" for Britain was membership of a reformed European Union
"We are a major European power, a major European player. But do we think that the European Union has sometimes overreached itself with directives and interventions and interferences? Yes, it has. And that needs to change," he said.
"I think we can have a flexible Europe where we don't all have to do the same things in the same way at the same time.
"I think, as I say - as I argued in my speech - that Europe will be more successful if it has the strength of flexibility rather than the weakness of inflexibility.
"And to those people who say to me, 'Ah, but you're creating uncertainty', the greatest uncertainty would be to have this problem and to wish it didn't exist.
"Much better to have a plan for how we make changes to the European Union, how we make changes to Britain's membership, how we secure Britain's membership of a reformed European Union and we settle this issue. I have a plan," he added.
Mr Cameron will also discuss his priorities for the G8 with all three European leaders, focusing on bolstering trade with the US and doing more on tax compliance.
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